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The human face of the European Union: are EU law and policy humane enough? An introduction
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posted on 2023-06-12, 08:32 authored by Nuno FerreiraNuno FerreiraThe EU has throughout its history benefited from variable levels of popular support and revealed different levels of capacity to deal with crises. The current circumstances, on account of financial pressures, social instability and present geographical and policy scope of the EU, require serious introspection and ‘soul searching’. What can be done if the EU is not to perish and, hopefully, become more part of the solution than of the problem? May becoming more humane be the answer? ‘Humane’ may be defined in different ways, including compassionate, sympathetic and humanitarian. Non-Western cultures seem to have made a much more sophisticated use of this notion in broader contexts up to the present day. Chinese culture, through the Confucian notion of ‘jen’, places enormous value on humaneness as a way of achieving balance, empathy and the moral standard. In the African context, the notion of ‘ubuntu’ has served as the gateway through which humaneness infiltrates all aspects of society, including law and policy, namely by focussing on participation, co-responsibility, interdependence, respect and equality. This introduction presents an analytical framework through which the degree of humaneness of the different fields of EU law and policy can be assessed.
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The human face of the European Union: are EU law and policy humane enough?Place of publication
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‘This material has been published in The human face of the European Union: are EU law and policy humane enough? by Nuno Ferreira / edited by Nuno Ferreira and Dora Kostakopoulou. This version is free to view and download for personal use only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press.Full text available
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Dora Kostakopoulou, Nuno FerreiraLegacy Posted Date
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